An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
Robert Coles
4 books referenced
Books by Robert Coles
Referenced in 1 episode
August 20, 2025
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This is the guest Professor Robert Coles' book, which is introduced at the beginning when describing him as 'author of the brilliant book' and recommended again at the end of the episode. The Sayers-Heenan fight discussed in the episode has 'a whole chapter' devoted to it in this book
Referenced in 1 episode
August 17, 2025
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Mentioned as a book written by an upcoming guest who will be discussing boxing. The hosts note that Coles makes the point that historians tend to neglect sport or condescend to it when writing about it.
Referenced in 1 episode
July 14, 2022
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Introduced as the guest's book - 'whose book, George Orwell, English Rebel, is a brilliant study of Orwell as a writer of Englishness'
Referenced in 1 episode
March 18, 2021
Context:
Dominic references this book which 'came out last year' and quotes from it about sport being 'a major subject' and 'one of England's great civil cultures' to justify football as a worthy subject for historical study.